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CVE-2026-86096 Details

Description

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in TemperatureCalibration::start() due to a race condition between task spawning and object deletion. Attackers can trigger the calibration process via shell commands to write to freed heap memory, corrupting unrelated objects or allocator metadata and destabilizing heap operations.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot [email protected]
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/modules/temperature_compensation/temperature_calibration/task.cpp [email protected]
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/b182e523d154fe029a49b48bb5f9d3d6693bc6bb [email protected]
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28487 [email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-use-after-free-via-temperature-calibration-task-startup [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-86096
NVD Published Date:
Sep 4, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 10, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-86096 Details - Not Deferred